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375the first time turned his attentionto the nations to take outof them a people for his name ."Rev. 7 :4-15 "And I heard thenumber of those who were sealed,a hundred and forty-four thousand,sealed out of every tribeof the sons of Israel : . . . Afterthese things I saw, and, look! agreat crowd, which no man wasable to number, out of all nationsand tribes and peoples andtongues, . And they keep oncrying with a loud voice, saying :`Salvation we owe to our God,who is seated on the throne, andto the Lamb .' . . . and they arerendering him sacred service dayand night in his temple ."Rev . 14 :1-4 "And I saw, andlook! the Lamb standing uponthe mount ion, and with him ahundred and forty-four thousand .. . . And they are singing as ifa new song . . . . These were purchasedfrom among mankind ."Rev . 5 :9, 10 "And they singa new song, saying : "You areworthy to take the scroll andopen its seals, because you wereslaughtered and with your bloodyou bought persons for God outof every tribe and tongue andpeople and nation, and you madethem to be a kingdom and prieststo our God, and they will rule askings over the earth .'"Isa. 35 :10 "And the ransomedof Jehovah shall return, andcome with singing unto ion ;and everlasting joy shall be upontheir heads : they shall obtaingladness and joy, and sorrowand sighing shall flee away."Vial . 3:4 "Then shall the offeringof Judah and Jerusalembe pleasant unto Jehovah, as inthe days of old, and as in ancientyears."Mic . 4 :1-3 "But in the latterdays it shall come to pass, thatthe mountain of Jehovah's houseshall be established on the topof the mountains, and it shall beexalted above the hills ; and peoplesshall flow unto it . And manyTen "Lost Tribes"nations shall go and say . Comeye, and let us go up to themountain of Jehovah . . . . and hewill judge between many peoples,and will decide concerning strongnations afar off : and they shallbeat their swords into plowshares,and their spears into pruninghooks; nation shall not lift upsword against nation, neithershall they learn war any more .""Everlasting Hills" Those ofPalestine Where Joseph (Ephraimand Manasseh) ReceivedHis InheritanceGen . 49 :25 "The blessings ofthy father have prevailed abovethe blessings of my progenitorsunto the utmost bound of theeverlasting hills : they shall beon the head of Joseph ."Josh . 17 :7-11 "And the borderof Manasseh was from Asher toMichmethath, which is beforeShechem ; and the border wentalong to the right hand, unto theinhabitants of En-tappuah . Theland of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh; but Tappuah on the borderof Manasseh belonged to thechildren of Ephraim . And theborder went down unto the brookof Kanah, southward of thebrook : these cities belonged toEphraim among the cities of Manasseh: and the border of Manassehwas on the north side ofthe brook, and the goings outthereof were at the sea ; southwardit was Ephraim's, andnorthward it was Manasseh's .and the sea was his border ; ani :they reached to Asher on thenorth, and to Issachar on theeast . And Manasseh had in Issacharand in Asher Beth-sheanand its towns, and Ibleam andits towns, and the inhabitants ofDor and its towns, and the inhabitantsof En-dor and itstowns, and the inhabitants ofTaanach and its towns, and theinhabitants of Megiddo and itstowns, even the three heights ."See "Jehovah's Witnesses" .